Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं सोमनाथस्य यत्फलम् । श्रुत्वा पुत्रमवाप्नोति स्नात्वा चाष्टौ न संशयः

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ somanāthasya yatphalam | śrutvā putramavāpnoti snātvā cāṣṭau na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ทั้งหมดนี้เราได้บอกแก่ท่านแล้ว—คือผลบุญแห่งโสมณาถะ เพียงได้สดับก็ได้บุตร และเมื่ออาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้นย่อมได้บุญแปดเท่า—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย

Word by Word

• etat: this (matter)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• te: of you / to you (your)
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive pronoun)

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणवत्

• ākhyātam: has been narrated/told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आख्याधातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(has been) told’

• somanāthasya: of Somanātha
• somanāthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: somanātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—सोम + नाथ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), ‘having heard’

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• avāpnoti: obtains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), ‘having bathed’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• aṣṭau: eight (persons)
• aṣṭau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭan (अष्टन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• na: not / no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and by extension the audience of the Purāṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim assembly listens to the Somnātha-māhātmya recitation; in the background the sea-side Śiva temple and a bathing ghat; the narrator gestures in assurance while devotees hold water-pots and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places transmit grace through both śravaṇa (hearing the māhātmya) and direct practice (snāna), emphasizing faith plus action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha at Prabhāsa is the focal tīrtha praised for exceptional spiritual and worldly boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa of the māhātmya and snāna (ritual bathing) at Somanātha/Prabhāsa.